Washing machine



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FVMHI'NG MACHINE.

Application filed @ctober 7, i922. Serial Ito. 593,149.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l Asnunr Lmorcotrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pershing, in the county of Usage and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in "Washing Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to laundry apparatus, particularly to mechanical clothes Washers, and has for its object the provision of a novel washing machine of the rotary type which will operate eficiently to cleanse clothes in a rapid and thorough manner and with the expenditure of the minimum labor.

An important object is the provision of a rotar tub of novel construction provided interiorly with means for preventing the clothes from knotting together or balling up in a compact mass which might interfere with the free passage of water therethrough.

Another object is the provision in a washing machine of this character of means for beatin the clothes for the purposeof effectual ly loosenin the dirt.

Still another ob ect is the provision of a washing machine of this character in which the tub member may be formed entirely of metal and provided with peculiarly constructed ribs operating to loosen the dirt.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which. will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to operate, eflicient and durable in service and a general improvement in the art,

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

i Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a top plan view, Figure 3 is a vertical section, Figure 4 is a vertical section taken a right angles to Figure 3,

Referring more particularly to the drawings the numeral 10 designates a supporting stand which may be constructed of angle iron or other suitable material and which includes legs 11 braced as shown at 12 and carrying a horizontal frame 13 provided at opposite sides with bearings 14 which receive shafts 15 carrying a tub 16. ,Secured upon one shaft is a gear 17 with which meshes a gear 18 on a shaft 19 journaled on the frame and provided with a crank handle 20 which may be turned to eifect rotation of the tub. 0n the side opposite the' gear is a fly wheel 21 secured to the other shaft for the purpose of insuring a'more uniform rotation of the tub. I also provide a small pulley 22 so that the device may be driven from any suitable source'of power by means of belting instead of being manually operated. It is preferable to provide a sheet metal housing or casing 23 bolted onto the frame and which will enclose the gearing and protect the same.

lhe numeral 24 designates a supporting frame which is carried by the frame 10 and upon which may be mounted any ordinary or preferred wringer, not shown, which will be a great convenience as permitting the clothes to be wrung immediately after being taken from the tub. Located beneath the wringer is a chute or trough 25 which has its sides formed with slots 26 slidably and rotatably' engaged upon a rod 27 and designed to catch water squeezed out of clothes by the wringer for the purpose of returning this water to the tub instead of allowing it to drop upon the floor. I also find it expedient to provide a pan 28 located beneath the tub and fastened to the frame 13 to form a trough for the purpose of catching all the water that might be spilt, the trough having a normally closed outlet 29 \at its bottom so that the water can be drained off into a pail or the like.

' The tub is cylindrical as above stated and may be formed either of wood or metal and is provided at a convenient point with a door 30 for the insertion and removal of clothes and for the pouring in of water or soap suds. Extending longitudinally of the tub in spaced relation to the inner periphery thereof are rods or bars 31. These rods prevent the clothes from sliding idly with respect to the tub during rotation thereof and therefore prevent the clothes from balling together or knottino up into a compact mass.

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l'ft preferred T provide beatir p," means as shown in J a this beating means consisting of lengths o" chain 82 secured to the periphery of the tub and also to the rods or bars 33 These chains of? course operate to heat or pound the clothes When the tub is rotated" and thus operate to loosen the dirt so that it may be easily Washed out.

Tn Figures 7 and 8 T have shovvn a modified tub structure in which the tub is formed preferably of sheet metal. This tub is like Wise cylindrical in shape and is provided on its inner periphery with a plurality or" transverse ribs 34: which are formed of sheet metal bent into substantially t -shape and Which have side flanges 35- soldered or These ribshave their edges and both sides formed with a plurality of holes 36 for the free circulation of Water. The operation of this form is the same as that oi the first described form, the ribs operating to rulo the clothes in a manner similar to the rubbing action of an ordinary wash hoard. I

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that T have thus provided a simply constructed and consequently inexpensive Wash- Zing machine Which is mechanically operated and which will remove dirt from clothes in a very rapid and ei'ficient nnanner Without alter and without causing any inor unusual W62? upon the clothes plicity of the construction fevvness f theparts it is apparent .ere is practically nothing to get out and that the device should thus re life and satisfactorily perform ctions. l have shown and l *eferred embodiment of the course to be understood at n reserve right to make such changes in the form construction and arrangement of as will not depart from the spirit of the inven tion the scope of the subj'oined claims.

having thus described my invention ll claim" l, a Washing machine including a frame a pan, a tub rotatahly mounted Within the frame and pan, and a plurality of lengths oi chainsecured at one end Within the tub and acting to beat clothes disposed therein.

2. Tn a vvashing machine, a rotary tub adapted to contain clothes to be Washed, a plurality of rods extending longitudinally oi the tulo at points spaced from its periphery, and a plurality or lengths of chain carried by said rods and adapted to act as clothes heaters.

Tn a washing machine a rotary tub adapted to contain clothes to be Washed, a plurality of rods extending longitudinally of the tuh at points spaced ii om its periphery and a plurality of lengths of chain carried by said rods and adapted to act as clothes heaters, and other chains connected With the inner periphery of the tub and likevvise beating, the clothes.

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